Difference between Sense and Sensibility

What is the difference between Sense and Sensibility?

Sense as a noun is one of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. while Sensibility as a noun is the ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another

Sense

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel. To instinctively be aware. To comprehend.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. A general conscious awareness. Sound practical judgment, as in common sense The meaning, reason, or value of something. A natural appreciation or ability The way that a referent is presented. A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary. One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity. One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

Sensibility

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of anotherAn acute awareness or feeling

We hope you now know whether to use Sense or Sensibility in your sentence.

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